Hobart Bay, Alaska
CDP
About Hobart Bay
Hobart Bay, AK is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Alaska.
Hobart Bay holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 119.43 square miles.
📰 Hobart Bay News Today
- Hobart Bay, AK Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Sep 1
- Kake tribal government seeks return of items from remote grave site KTOO · Jul 25
- The Trump Administration Moves to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Logging Inside Climate News · Sep 26
- Sailing Through Alaska on the Country’s Only Indigenous-Owned Cruise Line Condé Nast Traveler · Oct 27
- 18-year-old arrested on Tanner boat for alleged rape in December KFSK · Feb 24
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Hobart Bay Unique
- The only place in America named Hobart Bay — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- Unusually large footprint: 119.43 sq mi of land — bigger than many US counties' seats.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
- Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
- Positioned in southeastern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hobart Bay
- Chuck River Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateAlaska
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area119.43 sq mi
Coordinates57.4178, -133.3066